* God was angry with His people and He was going to avenge Himself because they defied Him.

* All throughout the Bible we see God and others getting angry.

* With God He was angry but never sinned (Ephesian 4:26).

* Anger is an emotion with a purpose.

* Emotion is an impulse to act.

* Anger is meant to lead to justice.

* Anger does not cease until justice is done (Esther 7:10).

* When someone crosses a legitimate boundary it should lead to anger.

* The way to keep ourselves from not sinning is that we remember that vengeance is the Lord’s (Romans 12:19).

* When a boundary has been crossed, we should feel anger.

* But our response is two-fold:

* 1) If they repent - we forgive.

* 2) If they don’t repent - we give the situation to God (like Jesus did on the cross).

* In both situations, anger will be felt, but we work through it as we remember God’s role in the situation.

* He is the One who will handle things on our behalf.